I have this problem with my pc too. I have a razer copperhead, so its not a cheap/crappy mouse problem for me. Best *quick* solution I found was to turn the mouse over when I'm not using it.
Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that > the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. > Usually this manifests by the pointer "shaking", moving back and > forward one or two pixels very fast (it looks like some 5 times per > second). The worst problem caused by this is that the monitor can > wake up at seemingly random times. > > One solution would be to switch off the monitor every time I won't use > it for a few minutes, but (AFAIK) this would waste energy and reduce > lifetime. I want the DPMS modes of standby, suspend, off. > > Another solution would be to buy another mouse, but this would cost > money and would not teach me the solution (this problem can manifest > again in the future, with this or another computer). > > So I want a way to tell the kernel or X11 to ignore mouse motion. > Either to shut down mouse motion completely, or to allow it but to > ignore it for the effect considering the computer as idle. I have > performed a quick read of kernel code and of the xorg.conf man page > but I see no clue. > > Anybody knows? > >
